Mongolia to cooperate with Russia on livestock health

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ P.Sergelen, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Light Industry met with I.K.Azizov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Mongolia on February 3. At the beginning of the meeting, the Minister expressed his readiness to especially focus on Mongolia’s cooperation in food, agriculture and light industry with its old friend Russia, and appreciated the contribution of Russian Government and its Embassy in the development of Mongolia agriculture sector. Sides exchanged views on realizing projects on improving the health of Mongolia’s livestock and producing a new seed sort adaptive to Mongolia’s climate. As the Minister touched upon the issue of supply of murrain vaccination in the frameworks of the 2nd phase of the project on livestock health, the Russian side expressed its readiness to facilitate a consultative meeting between specialists from both sides, and cooperate on this issue. The meeting concluded with the two sides expressing their willingness to expand bilateral cooperation in food, agriculture and light industry.